On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Seann Clark
<nombrandue AT tsukinokage DOT net> wrote:
> The other alternative I am looking into is getting a large external case and
> cramming it full of 1TB hard drives and using that as backup, but I would
> like a tape system that works well.

This option is worth considering.  HD's have many fewer moving parts
than tapes/drives.  Even if the "critical failure" rate is similar,
the "annoying failure" rate of tape drives is much higher.  Which is
to say, they require a lot more fiddling.

Dustin

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